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Welcome to Hartsville ...

Hartsville is located in Berkshire County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hartsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Hartsville is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hartsville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hartsville: 413

Communities Also Named Hartsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Massachusetts communities named Hartsville: This one is located in Berkshire County and the other is located in Dukes County.

Beyond Massachusetts, there are 12 communities that are also named Hartsville - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hartsville.

Websites for Hartsville ...

Junior League:   www.jlbc.info/

Communities near Hartsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hartsville.

  • Pittsfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Winchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Winchester is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,548 people
  • Great Barrington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lenox
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Salisbury
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
  • North Canaan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sheffield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartland is located in Hartford County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,113 people
  • Stockbridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hartsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hartsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hartsville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartsville. See our Newspapers Page for Hartsville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hartsville ...

Looking for more information about Hartsville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hartsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hartsville.

Adding Hartsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hartsville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hartsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Hartsville post office opened in 1837. The Hartsville post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hartsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Berkshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hartsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/